Mr. Trump failed to
deliver a convincing apology during Sunday's debate. Locker room talk?
Really? In fact, he proved that he is both a bigot AND that he lacks the
required intelligence to be President of the United States (POTUS - see
previous article below for background). Nobody was surprised. However, there is
surprise at the lack of intelligence being displayed by the majority of
Republicans. It appeared over the weekend that most of them were starting to
wake up and smell the coffee. There must be nothing like a whiff of
Trump cologne in the locker room to lull you back to sleep.
Mr. Trump's performance
(although horrible by normal standards) was a minor improvement over
his previous, disastrous performance. Although improved, it was still
embarrassing to watch. However, because of
some, minuscule improvement, Republicans have decided to keep the
Trump Train moving. The question is; to where is the train moving?
There has been a lot of real train wrecks in New York recently and Mr. Trump
and his supporters are the definition of a metaphorical train wreck in
progress. At least Speaker Ryan has realized the danger of staying hooked to
that train. It is sad that all Republicans cannot see the sudden-stop at the
end of the ride. Unknown women will certainly come forward with new, true and
untrue horror stories (and they will match Mr. Trump's own words), more audio
and video tapes will be released, and Mr. Trump will continue to act as if he
were running for Dictator of the Oligarchs’ Federation of the United States
(DOOFUS).
Note to Mr. Trump: Bill
Clinton's past indiscretions do not give you a get-out-of-jail free card. On
the other hand, your shenanigans over the past week have given Secretary
Clinton a get-out-of-jail free card on the Wiki Leaks materials
regarding her public and private policies, her open border preference, and her
Western hemisphere free trade dream. A "fit for the office" candidate
would have been able to coast into the White House.
Governor Pence has put
himself in a precarious position. He (or his wife) had the common sense to take
a break from the ticket while he figured out if his character would allow
himself to associate with a bigot. Then after the normalization of the Trump
Reality Show by merely being seen in public during the debate (not by a sincere
apology), he and most other Republicans have hopped back on the Trump Train.
Governor Pence has to be thinking of 2020 when he runs for the top of the
ticket. He has to balance between retaining his dignity, not alienating the
Trump Army and not alienating the Republican establishment. Good luck Governor.
Free consulting from
Fairway Frank: Let the Trump Army go. Rid the party of the Alt-Right and the
ultra-conservatives. Invite the center to center-right moderate independents to join the party. Figure out how to govern with a Democrat President and Senate;
compromise and fertilize. The party could very well attract center to
center-right Democrats. The Ds have the same problem with their socialists that
the Rs have with their Alt-Right, but the Rs have now been exposed and should
take the opportunity (while licking wounds) to rebuild even stronger. The
socialists will eventually bring the Democrats down as the Alt-Right has the
Republicans. The only blessing of being first wounded is the opportunity to be first healed. Do
not waste the opportunity to be first healed!
Do not look to Secretary
Clinton to become Abraham Lincoln. She will not practice “with malice toward
none and charity for all.” She will be more of a General Sherman on his march
to the sea. In the wake of this undoing, Republicans have to be the statesmen.
Republicans have to make democracy work. Republicans have to become the party
of humility and the party of partnership. Elections have consequences and this
election has already been fumbled on an unforced turnover by conducting an
absurd primary. Accept defeat now. The sooner defeat is accepted, the sooner
the healing can begin.
More free consulting:
Implement Mr. Trump’s “extreme vetting” on your candidates. Any person
interested in the job must sign a contract that allows the RNC to hire private
investigators to scrutinize the candidate, their families, their associates,
their friends, their past lives, their businesses and who the hell they go to
church with. If I have missed anything, scrutinize that too! Releasing tax
returns must be another requirement. All “dirt” should be aired as soon as
found. Let the Republican primary voter have the same information that will be
available in the general election. Had that happened this year, Mr. Trump would
not be the nominee. The RNC is culpable of malpractice for not doing that this
year. Hindsight is twenty-twenty, but with Mr. Trump in the race did this not
seem obvious? To his credit, Ted Cruz predicted our current state of the train
wreck in progress. That proves it was predictable and that the RNC is culpable
of malpractice. BTW, Ted Cruz is someone to whom the Party should say goodbye.
He is the definition of ultra-conservative and no compromise.
As soon as the election
is over, the respected party elders (Romney, McCain, Ryan - okay, Ryan is a young elder, but it is hard to find adult supervision these days) should come together
and make a joint statement apologizing to the country for what the Republican
Party has perpetrated. This statement should congratulate Secretary Clinton on
her victory and promise to work in good faith with her in governing the United
States. This statement should also outline the future of the Republican Party
as a center-right entity that is willing to compromise for the good of the
country. A loud statement of good-faith will be needed as the first step toward
healing the Party.
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